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In the story David and Goliath the bible portrays David as the underdog and Goliath as the experienced fierce warrior. David was just a small shepherd boy with a heart focused on God. He believed that God would help him slay the giant. When looking at the story David is easily the underdog as he has a sling and no armor and is facing a large experienced warrior that has killed many men in his time. Now during this time the military had a force of soldiers called slingers that had around 6 foot long slings that could fly as fast as a bullet. Malcom makes the argument that David had this same capability. David was never trained as a soldier, he was a small shepherd boy that tended his sheep day and night. David had used his sling to fend off wild animals and predators but he did not have the strength of one of the kings full grown warriors. A …show more content…

God gave David strength as David followed the footsteps God had for him. He did not second guess God’s word when he felt he should fight the giant, and from a personal view Goliath was most definitely the underdog in my eyes, not because of science or historical evidence but because David had God on his side and he was a loyal and obedient follower of the Lord, “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1) David had no fear and no reason to doubt that his God would let him or his people down. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13) The story of David and Goliath is supposed to come across as the young boy and the giant story. Yet it’s not as one would first think, Goliath is fighting a young boy, a boy that had felt lead to fight this giant by God’s will. In the eyes of any normal man Goliath would have no doubt won this simple battle with a single swing of his

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